An Exactly Force-Balanced Boundary-Conforming Arbitrary-Lagrangian-Eulerian Method for Interfacial Dynamics Zekang Chenga,b, Jie Lib,a,∗, Ching Y. Lohc, Li-Shi Luoc,d,∗ aDepartment of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, UK bBP Institute, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0EZ, UK cBeijing Computational Sciences Research Center, Beijing, 100193, China dDepartment of Mathematics & Statistics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA Abstract We present an interface conforming method for simulating two-dimensional and axisymmetric multiphase flows. In the proposed method, the interface is composed of straight segments which are part of mesh and move with the flow. This interface representation is an integral part of an Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) method on an moving adaptive unstructured mesh. Our principal aim is to develop an accurate and robust computa- tional method for interfacial flows driven by strong surface tension and with weak viscous dissipation. We first construct discrete solutions satisfying the Laplace law on a circular/spherical interfaces exactly, i.e., the balance between the surface tension and the pressure jump across an interface is achieved exactly. The accuracy and stability of these solutions are then in- vestigated for a wide range of Ohnesorge numbers, Oh. The dimensionless amplitude of the spurious current is reduced to machine zero, i.e., on the order of 10−15 for Oh ≥ 10−3. Finally, the accuracy and capability of the proposed method are demonstrated through a series of benchmark tests with larger interface deformations. In particular, the method is validated with Prosperitti's analytic results of the bubble/drop oscillations and Peregrine's ∗Corresponding author Email addresses:
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[email protected] (Li-Shi Luo) Preprint submitted to Elsevier January 23, 2020 dripping faucet experiment, in which the values of Oh are small.